Editors: David and Monica Lilley
monica.lilley2@btopenworld.com
Distribution: Tony Court
Hilary Rule
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12th January 2005
A very Happy New Year to everyone.
There have been a number of incidents around the
village of damage and disturbance by a group of young people, particularly on
Friday and Saturday nights. The police
have been informed and are making enquiries. Please see Neighbourhood Watch
item for details of appropriate prompt action to take if you are troubled or
see or hear anything.
Please note some changes to usual pattern.
Tuesday 4th January – Black bin
Monday 10th January – Black bin and green box
Monday 17th January – Black bin
Monday 24th January – Green bin and green box
Monday 31th January – Black bin
Jackie Casement – Parish Clerk
The Liberal Democrat
John Williams won with 360 votes, beating Conservative candidate Robin Driver
by just 18 votes.
The Independent
candidate Lawrence Wragg came third with 132.
There have been a number of incidents of vandalism
and malicious damage to properties in Church Street and Abbey Street which is
causing real concern to local people.
Fences, brick walls, and stone urns have been
damaged. In one case a brick was hurled
through the front window of a house in Abbey Street, whilst the occupants were
in the room.
The local police have been informed of these
occurrences and request that residents of the village ring the police number ' 01223 358966 immediately if further problems are
experienced. It would be helpful if anyone has any suspicions or descriptions
of these vandals to assist the police in their enquiries.
It is not advisable to challenge or confront these
miscreants late at night, who may well have been drinking, or worse, taking
drugs.
On Monday 6th December, a Royal Mail van
was stolen outside the village shop,
and found later, abandoned in Grange Road.
The car parked for several weeks in Church Street has
been removed.
Mr. Stanley Peck
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CHURCH
NOTICES - Services in
January
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Epiphany Sunday 2nd |
10.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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Thursday 6th |
12.30 p.m.
Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 9th |
8.00 a.m.
Holy Communion (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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Baptism of Christ |
10.00 a.m.
Joint Family Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m.
Sung Evensong |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 13th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 16th |
11.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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Epiphany 2 |
6.30 p.m.
Evensong & Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Thursday 20th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday
23rd |
9.30 a.m.
Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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Epiphany 3 |
11.00 a.m. Morning Worship and Godly Play |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m. Sung Evensong & Holy Communion (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 27th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 30th |
5.00 p.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
HINXTON |
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Presentation of Christ |
Candle Mass Service |
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A member of the ministry team writes:
We are getting ready for the Christmas Festival as I
write this letter. All the ministry team hope that it will have been a good and
happy time of celebration for you and your family, but like the shepherds and
wise men who visited the manger, we too must return to daily living and daily
concerns. One of our concerns in the Church of England is apathy. Nationally,
there have been warning signs in the declining numbers of people regularly
attending church - and our parishes are not exempt from this trend. Our Church
exists for every member of the parish, but the work and cost of ministry and
maintenance of our churches is falling on a diminishing regular congregation.
We are very grateful indeed to all who contribute so
generously to fund raising efforts, but the cost of ministry continues to rise.
You may be surprised to know that the annual cost of keeping our churches open
for regular services and pastoral ministry is Duxford £23,000, Ickleton
£23,000, Hinxton £12,000. This sum covers the salary, pension and housing cost
of a priest, insurance of the church, heating, lighting and essential services.
It doesn't include the cost of repairs.
Every baptised (christened) person is automatically a
member of the Church. If everyone regularly gave to the church, the amount most
of us spend on daily papers and lottery tickets, that would go a long way to
solving our problems. If we really can't pay for ministry, eventually
churchgoers will have to go the nearest town church, rather than their village
church.
Of course it's more than money we need. It's support
for our Church in person. Why not make a New Year Resolution to come to your
village Church at least once a month? We're making big efforts to provide
regular family services, as well as the more traditional ones for older members
of the congregation. The monthly Godly Play Group for children, held in
Hinxton, is growing, as is the monthly all-age Family Eucharist in Ickleton.
Our links with Duxford School have strengthened in the last few years and we
would like to build on this.
As we welcome our new priest, the Revd. Andrew
Schofield, and his family next month, let's try and buck the national trend of
diminishing congregations. It's a good time to start afresh with the Church.
The God who came to us in Christ Jesus offers himself freely to all. May you
and your family know the hope to which God has called us - how rich are the
wonderful blessings God promises to his people. A happy and blessed New Year to
all! Tricia Newland-Honorary
Priest
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A big thank you again this year for all who donated
to help the village achieve yet another record for the Royal British Legion
Poppy Appeal. A total of £800.24 was
raised, including an incredible £207.20 from the Church collection, an increase
of about 20% on last year. This would
not be possible without the help of our band of collectors and particular
thanks therefore go to Sheila Birch, Jackie Casement, Pat Facer, Lena Frost,
Yvonne Hall, Judy Holt, Judy Marshall, Sally Pearce, Hilary Rule and Clair
Wilson, who was able to take over from Mary Woolhouse this year at short
notice. The total was also helped by
the kind assistance of Costcutter Express, the Ickleton Lion, the Social Club
and, for the first time this year, by Stuart and Tina at the Garden and
Aquatics Centre, who all displayed collecting boxes for the Appeal
Malcolm Hall – Honorary
Organiser
This years two events for the appeal raised a
magnificent £400.
Both events were extremely well supported and
provided two very enjoyable evenings.
The Club would like to take this opportunity to thank
all the participants, members, helpers and everyone who donated prizes or gave
cash donations, so again thank you all.
The Club would like to remind parents that junior
members (under 18s) are only allowed in the club premises when accompanied by a
parent/guardian member.
Over the past few weeks an increasing number of young
teenagers have been using the club as a meeting place. Unfortunately there have been some instances
of damage to the club property and facilities and also, being a licence premises
the Club is unable to offer ‘youth club’ style amenities and must enforce the
junior members rule. Ickleton Social Club Committee
Just a reminder that this year’s Church Fete will be
held on Saturday July 9th.
We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Rosemary McKillen
and her family, are going to organise the Grand Raffle for us. We thank them very much.
The Village School Reunion is also to take place. If
you would like any more information about this, please contact Derek Bristow.
They hope more people will turn up this year, also we have asked if names and
perhaps stories which have been told could be put in the Icene, if printable!
There will be the usual stalls, vintage vehicles of
any sort or tractors etc. pet show and photography competition. More details
later.
The Church Fete is a great way of raising money for
the running expenses of the Church and a social event for the village as well.
If you would like to help, have a stall or have any
ideas on how we could make it bigger and better, please contact either of the
Churchwardens Jenny Pell or Sebastian Payneor myself. Monica
Lilley – Fete Organiser
The Parkinson’s Bazaar this year will be held on
Saturday May 21st.
If you are turning out your cupboards in
the New Year or have any unwanted Christmas presents please save them for us.
We will be very grateful. Dorothy
Churchman
Hilary Henderson, formerly of Ickleton, has moved to
sheltered accommodation in Sawston. She
wishes to sell her four wheeled electric buggy. It is top of the range and in good condition.
Offers in the region of £1200.
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LETTER -
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
I was in Ickleton in December and on the way down was
able to call on a really old friend of mine in Bar Hill where he lives. It was
Graham Morris. It must be well over 50 years since we last saw each other. The years
have been good to him - like Bill Brand, he doesn’t seem to have altered much.
I’ve also been in contact with Betty (nee Webb) - Derek Bristow managed to
track her down, so gave me her phone number.
Both Graham and her hope to be at the 2005 school reunion. It was great to see so many of us in 2004.
There wasn’t time to speak to everyone, so let’s hope they will all come back
again! The village hall is a great
place to meet everyone.
As we were leaving Ickleton, we also met David
Lilley, as he was passing the cemetery, and he told us Jack Human had just
died. Now he was of my dad’s era and certainly lived to a good age. I believe
Doris is well. Ickleton is a good place
to live. So all the best for 2005.
Molly Dagley (nee Clements)
Our meeting held on December 1st had a
very festive air about it, with nearly all fifty members present winning a
raffle prize, plus enjoying lovely refreshments provided by the Committee.
Our guest speaker Mr. Hodge proved you can grow
plants in the shade. He was a very informative and amusing speaker.
The Chairman James Macdonald reminded members to
plant up in the spring, ready for the Flower and Vegetable Show in September.
Please note there will be no meeting in January.
The next meeting will be on February 2nd
at 8.00 p.m. in the Chapel, Carmel Street, Great Chesterford. The speaker will
be Andrew Stewart, who will speak on ‘Summer Bedding’.
The flower chosen for the February best bloom
competition is a crocus.
Visitors welcome. Cynthia Rule
We are delighted that the Sawston Players will be
presenting one of their three Act mystery plays on Saturday 26th February in our Village Hall.
The doors will be open from 7.00pm. The bar will be
open and hot soup will be served before the first Act. A main course will be served in the interval
before the second Act and a sweet will be served during the interval following
the second Act. At this point the audience will be invited to participate and
offer suggestions as to 'who done it'. When all is revealed at the end of the
third Act a prize will be awarded to the detectives on the table who guessed
correctly. It will be a great fun evening so please book early to ensure you
get a seat as we may have to restrict numbers depending on the stage space that
the Players will require.
Tickets will available at Costcutter Express from 1st February and the price will be £8 inclusive
of the meal and £7 concessions. The
Theatre Group
By the time January's Icene is delivered, the latest addition
to the Ickleton Barns will be open for business. Rebecca Uzerek's gift shop
‘Just For You’ opened just before Christmas and is hoping to sell a wide range
of gifts and crafts, with particular interest in local suppliers. If you would
like information on renting shelves in ‘Just For You’, call Rebecca on ' 07940 174943, or for information on further units
available at the Barns, contact Stuart or Tina London on ' 01799 530911.
A reminder that the units already up and running
include a florist, wedding & party shop, landscape gardening, tools and children & baby equipment, as
well as the cafe and the garden centre itself.
Catherine Kelly
Thank you to everyone who has had a collecting box
over the past year.
Please can you empty your boxes before the end of
January and take the contents to Gerry Birch (Howeys, Abbey Street), so that he
can send a cheque to this very worthwhile charity, which does such wonderful
work for disadvantaged children.
If anyone else would like to keep a box and fill it
with loose change during 2005, please contact me. Rosemary Hayes
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JACK HUMAN
(1915-2004)
Wilfred 'Jack' Human was born on April 28th 1915 at
28, Frogge Street. He grew up at Frogge
Street with sisters Mabel, Doris and Edna, and
brother Albert (Nibby). He spent his childhood
attending the village school, playing in the street
(there were few cars to worry about) and attending the chapel across the road.
He was particularly precious to his parents, as his older brother Sidney died
at only 9 years old.
He left school at fourteen years and went to work at
Abbey farm. His job was to look after the
horses as they worked in the fields. This involved a
five o'clock start (he never relished early starts) and lighting a fire in the
hedge in winter to keep warm. At sixteen he was chosen to start a carpenter and
joiners apprenticeship in Saffron Walden to which he cycled every day.
The family moved to the house built by their father
at Mill Lane (Sidney House) and Jack bought
a BSA motorbike and then an Austin 7 car. He was the
first person in Ickleton to pass a driving test when they became mandatory.
These were used for amongst other things 'courting' particularly at 'lovers lane' (Chestnut Avenue) near Audley End.
For many years he played football and
cricket for Ickleton, as well as being secretary (winning cups in 1939 and
1949).
During the war his 'trade' skills were used firstly
for mending Stirling bombers in Cambridge
and then at the Vickers Research Institute in Southampton.
After the war he moved back to Ickleton, and started
a building business with his brother, including rebuilding Stubbings Cottage on
the Green (Mrs. Spark’s house). He played football for Saffron Walden and at a
dance in Clavering met his wife to be,
Connie Lindsell.
Jack married Connie in 1948 and they moved into the
Duke of Wellington pub on the Green.
They had one of the first televisions in the village,
so were never short of customers. In his spare
time Jack
built (with the help of Percy Page) his own house at Mill Lane and moved there
in 1953.
Together they kept pigs and chickens (although one
boar had a habit of escaping for a walk round the village) and Jack moved
on to purchasing rather than merely
building houses.
In 1961 Stella was born and then in 1964 David. The
family survived the floods of the early 70's, at one point having to be
'rescued' by Mabel and Hubert Lilley in a rowing boat! Jack continued to play
cricket, now for Elmdon where he built a reputation for resilient last wicket
stands and a characteristic 'Come along' call.
In 1993 Connie died and Jack focused in his last
years on his six grandchildren (Katy, Hannah,
Joe, Rosie, Oliver and Jamie); Cambridge United
Football Club, travelled (for really the first time) to Germany, Spain and Italy; and continued to dance - he always
loved dancing.
He’ll be greatly missed by family, friends and all
who knew him.
David Human
The family would like to thank those who attended
Jack’s funeral service and to those who gave donations to Macmillan Cancer
Relief in his memory.
THE
CHESTERFORDS, ICKLETON & HINXTON W.I.
Our Christmas meeting was celebrated in style with
the usual ample supply of food and wine and excellent entertainment by the
Sunflower Singers.
The Christmas surprise parcels caused much merriment
and brought the evening to a very happy conclusion.
The next meeting will be on January 19th at
7.45 p.m. when Fran Saltmarsh will display the costumes of the six wives of
Henry VIII.
Please note
subscriptions - £21 will be due. Visitors £2.50. Cynthia Rule
DEATH
We are sorry to record the death on 2nd
December of Jenny Baynes aged 98 (widow of Will Baynes) at Ashford, Kent,
formerly of Frogge Street.
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Over the last few weeks there has been considerable
harassment to some villagers. The problem occurs late at night at the weekends,
when a group of teenagers are seen shouting, banging on doors and windows, and
generally behaving in a drunken way. Flower pots are broken and scattered over
the pavements, car wing mirrors are broken, as are fences, drain pipes, and
most recently an antique chimney pot was stolen and found smashed in the road
some distance away. Church Street seems particularly affected. Elderly villagers
are naturally frightened by this irresponsible and anti-social behaviour. The
police have been notified, and I have been advised by our Community Police
Officer that, should you be witness to this situations the best way to act is
to call Parkside Police Station, asking for the Incident Room, on ' 01223 358966. Apparently the more of us
that ring the better. Hopefully, we can put an end to this behaviour before it
gets even more out of hand. Jilly Maynard
IMPERIAL
WAR MUSEUM
A Public Statement by the Imperial
War Museum on Cambridgeshire Housing Strategy and the Relocation of Marshall
Aeropsace
The Trustees
of the Imperial War Museum have carefully reviewed recent reports in the media and
elsewhere about proposals to relocate the aircraft engineering and maintenance
operations and general aviation
facilities of Marshall Aerospace from Cambridge Airport to a number of airfields in the region, including a site
adjacent to the Trustees' property at the Imperial War Museum Duxford at
Duxford Airfield, operated by them in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council, owners of the runway and
grass airfield. Noting that no formal proposal had yet been received or
announced, the Trustees resolved: First, that they would not agree to proposals
for developments of any kind on or adjacent to Duxford Airfield unless in their
judgement the development were in the best interests of the Museum, its
collaborators, neighbours and users; the preservation for future generations of
the historic airfield, its heritage and landmark buildings and landscape
context; the continuing viability of the airfield for restoring, displaying,
and flying historic and contemporary
aircraft; the accommodation there of the
Museum's collections and curatorial functions and public access to them;
and the further development and sustainability of IWM Duxford as a leading international aviation and military
museum and visitor attraction. Secondly, that the reported proposal for
relocating Marshall Aerospace's
aircraft engineering operations and associated car parks, offices,
hangars, workshops, engine-testing and general aviation facilities to a large
site immediately adjacent to the
western boundary of Heathfield village and Duxford Airfield sharing its runway
did not appear, as they understood it, to meet these criteria and consequently
was not acceptable to them. Thirdly, that they would assess alternative
proposals for this or any other development on or adjacent to Duxford Airfield
in the same manner and against the same criteria.
The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum appreciate
the important contributions Marshall Aerospace makes to the local and national economies
but remain committed to the development of IWM Duxford as the leading national
and regional visitor attraction in its field and an international centre of
excellence for historic aircraft restoration, preservation and flying and to
working collaboratively with the community in South Cambridgeshire to that end.
January 17th Mobile Library
19th Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village
Hall
19th W.I. Meeting 7.45 p.m. Community Centre, Gt. Chesterford
29th Farmers’ Market 10.00 a.m. – 12 noon
Community Centre, Gt. Chesterford
31st Mobile Library
February 26th Murder Mystery Evening 7.00 p.m. Village Hall
May 21st Parkinson’s Bazaar
July 9th Church Fete
PUBLISHED
BY ICKLETON PARISH COUNCIL